State Council upholds Colombia’s ban on fracking while government is granting licenses
Colombia’s state council upheld a ban on fracking on Tuesday and proceeded to investigate...
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Venezuela’s PDVSA says it will halt Colombia gas imports
Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA said on Thursday it would not renew a contract to import gas...
Colombia enters the era of ‘fracking’
The controversial drilling technique for extracting large amounts of deeply buried natural gas...
Colombia gas prices increase in July due to Iraq crisis
Colombia’s gasoline prices will increase due to changes in international fuel prices caused...
Colombia to reduce gas exports to Venezuela
Colombia will reduce gas exports to Venezuela as the country prepares for a predicted drought...
Gallon of gas costs 20% of daily income in Colombia
A Bloomberg survey of 61 countries across the world showed that drivers in Colombia pay a higher...
Nicaragua grants concession for oil and gas exploration in Colombia’s former territory
Nicaragua has granted a concession for oil and gas exploration in maritime territory that belonged...
Colombia’s fossil fuel extraction rises again in October
Colombia’s oil production rose 0.9% in October compared to the same month last year, bringing the country ever so closer to 1 million barrels a day. The total currently stands at around 952,360 barrels of crude oil a day,...
Colombia’s Ecopetrol announces oil and gas discovery
Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol Thursday announced the discovery of gas and oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecopetrol announced the successful results of its deep-water drilling in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, about 230km...
Oil company endangers thousands in Boyaca: Energy Secretary
Frequent gas leaks caused by global oil company Omega Energy threatened thousands of lives in a central Colombian town, the department’s mining and energy secretary said Thursday. Mining and Energy Secretary Wilson...
Extended winter could force Colombia to import gas
Colombia may need to import natural gas during a harsh rainy season, the country’s minister of mines and energy regulator have announced. Minister Mauricio Cardenas Santamaria and German Castor, director of the Commission...
Colombians earn half of foreigners’ salary in national oil and gas sector
Colombians working in the national oil and gas sector received wages 56% lower than foreigners in 2011, according to a report by Hays Oil & Gas and Oil and Gas Job Search. According to the report, Colombians earn an average...
